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FAQ: Auditorium ProgramsNovember 1, 22
December 6
In association with the National Museum of the American Indian, this series of films and discussions focuses on the portrayal of American Indians in contemporary moving-image culture. Featuring eight separate events—four at the National Gallery and four at the National Museum of the American Indian—the series is offered in conjunction with the exhibitions George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings at the Gallery and Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian at the NMAI. For a complete listing of all eight events at both museums go to www.americanindian.si.edu.
Pocahontas
preceded by Conversion
Free-spirited Pocahontas lives a carefree life with her animal friends and grandmother until English settlers arrive. A chance encounter with Captain John Smith establishes a friendship that alters both societies, English and Indian, forever. (Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg for Walt Disney Pictures, 1995, 35 mm animation, 84 minutes)
In Conversion's remote corner of the Navajo Nation circa 1950, a missionary's visit has catastrophic consequences for a family. "A shrewd assessment of the twentieth-century's version of historic aggression—conversion to Christianity." (Nanobah Becker, 2006, 8 minutes).
Moderated discussion with Patricia Aufderheide, director of the Center for Social Media, American University, filmmaker Nanobah Becker (Navajo), and Gabrielle Tayac (Piscataway), research assistant, National Museum of the American Indian, will follow the screenings.
Tkaronto
In the midst of Tkaronto's vast, banal cityscape (Tkaronto is the original Mohawk word for Toronto), Ray and Jolene, native thirty-somethings, experience an unexpected but pleasantly life-altering truth. They find solace in each other's struggle for a sense of a cultural self. (Shane Belcourt, 2007, 35 mm, 102 minutes)
Moderated discussion with filmmakers Shane Belcourt (Métis) and Christine Vachon will follow the film.
Films By Today's Indian
An afternoon of new works from some of the best American Indian filmmakers includes The Colony (Jeff Barnaby, 2007, 23 minutes); Nikamowin (Kevin Lee Burton, 2007, 11 minutes); Sikumi (On the Ice) (Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, 2007, 15 minutes); A Return Home (Ramona Emerson, 2008, 31 minutes); 4-Wheel War Pony (Dustinn Craig, 2007, 5 minutes).
Moderated discussion with curator Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree and member of the Siksika Nation) and filmmakers Jeff Barnaby (Mi'kmaq), Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree), Dustinn Craig (White Mountain Apache/Navajo), Ramona Emerson (Navajo), and Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Iñupiaq) will follow presentation of the films.
The Godfather
In 1972, American Indians applauded Coppola's compelling saga, created almost entirely by Italian Americans, about deeply societal experience. Epic themes of cultural displacement, family allegiance, and rivalry still resonate today, suggesting parallels with many present-day Indian issues. This print of The Godfather (the first installment in the trilogy) is Paramount's newly remastered version. (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972, 35 mm, 175 minutes)
Moderated discussion with filmmaker Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho) and Kevin Gover (Pawnee), director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, will follow the program.